VOLVO Complaints

CAR SURGED PERIODICALLY WITHOUT GAS PEDAL ENGAGED. WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR SLOWING DOWN IN TRAFFIC. IDLE WAS ERRATIC AND SOMETIMES CAR STALLED CAUSING SAFETY CONCERNS. WHEN CAR STALLED IT WAS DIFFICULT TO RESTART DUE TO IDLE DROPPING. CAR HAS STALLED WHEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC. *JB

THE MAJOR PROBLEM WITH VOLVO'S COMPUTERIZED THROTTLE (ETM, S80 1999-2001, E.G.) IS TO DESCRIBE THE SYMPTOMS. IT'S BLURRY LIKE A STOMACH DISORDER IF YOU DON'T FIND AN EXACT DESCRIPTION. IN MY CASE IT'S LIKE THE ENGINE LOOSES POWER AND YOU CAN'T COMPENSATE FAST ENOUGH BY GIVING MORE THROTTLE. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO MEET CLUTCH AND THROTTLE NO MATTER WHAT. NOW, IF YOU TAKE IT REALLY SLOWLY SO THE COMPUTER MANAGES TO REACT, IT'S NO PROBLEM BUT IF YOU ARE THE SLIGHTEST TO HASTY .... RESULTS: ENGINE STOPS, SOMETIMES ON CRITICAL SPOTS AND CHANGING OF GEAR LIKE A NEW DRIVER. I'VE BEEN ON A VOLVO GARAGE TO DISCUSS THE MATTER AND I'VE BEEN TREATED LIKE AN IDIOT. I KNOW I'M RIGHT AND THEY KNOW THEY'RE WRONG. IT'S TIME TO PUT PRESSURE ON VOLVO AND MAKE THEM CORRECT THEIR MISTAKE. IF NOT, IN THE FUTURE, CHOOSE ANOTHER CAR! I'M SAYING THIS ALTHOUGH I'M SWEDISH!*JB

CONSUMER HAS HAD PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE STALLING. THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE MODULE. *TS THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT EVENTUALLY THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT DOWN. *JB

MY THROTTLE IS DEFECTIVE ON MY 1999 VOLVO S70. THE CAR IDLES TOO LOW AND WILL DIE AT A STOP. MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME ONLY VOLVO CAN REPAIR THIS. *JB

TRAVELING ON LOCAL ROAD, LOST POWER GOING UP HILL. WITHIN SECONDS CAR COMPLETELY DEAD. SOME ALARMING MESSAGE CAME ON, LIKE "TOTAL SYSTEM FAILURE" WITH THE EXCLAMATION POINT IN RED. CAR WOULD NOT START. CALLED VOLVO ON CALL AND WAS TOWED AFTER WAITING AN HOUR ON ROAD. NO SHOULDER ON ROAD. PAID $1300 TO HAVE ETM REPLACED BY VOLVO SERVICE IN WESTPORT, CT. NOT TOLD THAT THIS WAS VERY COMMON PART THAT NEEDED REPLACING.. ONLY FOUND OUT AFTER A WEB SEARCH. *NM

DT: 18 INCH RIM AND TIRES. TIRE CITY RECOMMENDED 18 INCH SACCHI RIMS AND TIRES FOR VEHICLE. CONSUMER ORDERED THE RIMS AND TIRES AND DID NOT GET TO SEE THEM. CALLED THE MECHANIC, AND HE ADVISED THE CONSUMER NOT TO GET THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT SAFE FOR THIS VEHICLE , THEY WERE TOO LARGE. CALLED TO CANCEL THE ORDER, AND THEY WOULD NOT CANCEL THE ORDER BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY WERE SPECIALLY ORDERED. CONSUMER PAID FOR THE RIMS AND TIRES. TIRE CITY TOLD THE CONSUMER HE HAD TO TAKE THE RIMS AND TIRES BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY ORDERED. AFTER TIRE CITY RECEIVED THE RIMS AND TIRES THEY WERE SUPPOSE TO PUT THEM ON VEHICLE, BUT THEY DID NOT TOUCH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. THEY GAVE HIM A FREE ALARM FOR INCONVENIENCE. THEY TOLD THE CONSUMER HAD TO ORDER FOUR SPACERS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GIVE THEM TO HIM AT HALF PRICE. THEY STATED THAT THE TIRES WOULD BE BALANCED, AND THE SPACERS WOULD BE ON, AND VEHICLE WOULD BE SAFE. THEY SAID NOT TELL THE MANAGER. EVERY TIME CONSUMER WAS IN TIRE CITY HE OBSERVED THAT CUSTOMERS WERE UPSET WITH THE WAY THEY DID BUSINESS. THEY SAID OTHER TIRE SHOPS LET CUSTOMERS GO WITHOUT KNOWING THAT THEIR CARS WERE SAFE. THEY PROMISED TO MAKE CONSUMER'S CAR SAFE, BUT THEY DID NOT. THEY LET HIM LEAVE WITH RIMS AND TIRES THAT WERE TOO LARGE FOR THE CAR. THE MECHANICS SAW THE PROBLEM WITH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. BOTH MECHANICS STATED NOT TO GET THE 18 INCH RIMS AND TIRES. *AK .

ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE FAILURE, LOST STEERING AND POWER ON INTERSTATE AT 80 MILES PER HOUR. REPLACED CONTROL, REPLACED ALTERNATOR, FINALLY REPLACED EMT. PART OUT OF WARRANTY I PUT MYSELF AT RISK OF DEATH BECAUSE OF THIS PART FAILURE. PART NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY 80,000 MILES ON CAR. *NM

CAR WOULD DIE WHEN DRIVING WITHOUT WARNING. OCCURRED 4 TIMES, ONCE ON HIGHWAY. ALMOST RESULTED IN ACCIDENTS. HAD TO HAVE CAR SERVICED 4 TIMES UNTIL THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE WAS FINALLY REPLACED AT GREAT EXPENSE AND TIME WASTED. *NM

DRIVING TO DENVER ON SUNDAY 10/8/2005 AND MY CAR STARTED TO MISS AND JERK SEVERELY. THERE WAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC BEHIND ME GOING WELL OVER 60 MPH AND NO PLACE TO PULL OVER. I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED. I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX THE CAR AS I WAS TOLD THE COST IS OVER $1000. IT NOW DOES THIS INTERMITTENTLY SO I CAN DRIVE IT PART TIME ANYWAY. *NM

I WAS DRIVING A 2001 VOLVO S80 T6 ON THE HIGHWAY PREPARING TO PASS A VEHICLE IN ORDER TO MAKE MY EXIT. AT THIS TIME THE CAR LOST POWER AND I RECEIVED A MESSAGE "PERFORMANCE REDUCTION". AFTER DODGING A COUPLE OF CARS I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AT THAT TIME THE CAR WOULD NOT START BACK UP, I DECIDED TO LET THE CAR SIT AND COOL DOWN FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. THE CAR WOULD STILL NOT START. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE ETM HAD FAILED AND THE OXYGEN SENSOR WHICH COST ME ABOUT $1300.00 TO REPAIR. *NM